Peter Cole on “Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly”; the second edition of his book about one of the greatest heroes of the American working class has just been released. We’ll also talk with Dr. Laura Warren Hill about her brand-new book “Strike the Hammer: The Black Freedom Struggle in Rochester, New York, 1940-1970,” which comes out next month.
Peter Cole is Professor of History at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois; Laura Warren Hill is Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies, Bloomfield College in Bloomfield, New Jersey.
We talked with them both on the Your Rights At Work radio show, which airs Thursdays from 1-2pm on WPFW 89.3FM in Washington DC.
PLUS: On Labor History in 2:00: The Elusive Eight Hour WorkDay.
Produced/edited by Chris Garlock. To contribute a labor history item, email laborhistorytoday@gmail.com
Labor History Today is produced by the Metro Washington Council’s Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. We're a proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network, more than 100 shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns.
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